English Dictionary
Definition of “thirst”
thirst (θɜːst
)
Definitions
noun
- a craving to drink, accompanied by a feeling of dryness in the mouth and throat
- an eager longing, craving, or yearning ⇒
a thirst for knowledge
verb
- (intr) to feel a thirst ⇒
to thirst for a drink
to thirst after righteousness
Word Origin
Old English thyrstan, from thurst thirst; related to Old Norse thyrsta to thirst, Old High German dursten to thirst, Latin torrēre to parch
Synonyms
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craving,
hunger,
appetite,
longing,
desire,
passion,
yen,
ache,
lust,
yearning,
eagerness,
hankering,
keenness,
Translations
- British English:
thirst
Thirst is the feeling that you need to drink something.Drink water to quench your thirst.θɜːst NOUN Drink water to quench your thirst.
- Spanish:
sed
nf
- French:
soif
nf
- German:
Durst
nm
- Chinese: 渴 n
- Arabic: ظَمَأ n
- Portuguese: sede nf
- Russian: жажда nf
- Croatian: žeđ nf
- Czech: žízeň nf
- Danish: tørst nutr
- Dutch: dorst nm
- Finnish: jano n
- Greek: δίψα nf
- Italian: sete nf
- Japanese: のどの渇き n
- Korean: 갈증 n
- Norwegian: tørste nm
- Polish: pragnienie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: sede nf
- European Spanish:
sed
nf
- Swedish: törst nutr
- Thai: ความกระหายน้ำ n
- Turkish: susuzluk n
- Vietnamese: cơn khát n
Usage examples
Matty had eaten a quantity of salted peanuts before retiring and awakened burning with thirst.
Bringle, Mary, Death of an Unknown Man (1987)Sports drinks too, unlike water which often merely quenches thirst , reintroduce vital supplements in the body.
India Today (1998)We will not turn our backs on those achievements just because pollsters tell us Ontarians thirst for change.
Ottawa Sun (2003)Nor will it sate the righteous American thirst for vengeance.
Sun, News of the World (2001)Even stranger was the fact that death always followed if the thirst was quenched with water.
Jim Leavesley, George Biro, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)
